Special Olympics Theft

[ldamelio]

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/06/15_bicycles_stolen_from_specia.html?utm_source=fee dburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+michigan-news+(Michigan+News%2C+Updates%2C+Photos%2C+Videos +and+Opinions+-+MLive.com)

Some lowlife cleaned out the Michigan Special Olympics cycling team. Beyond maddening. I volunteered at the national Special Olympics games for cycling and tri last week and was googling for some videos when I found this. You can't believe how inspiring these athletes are and how much the cycling means to them and contributes to their development. There's a GoFundMe link if you're so inclined, or spread to your cycling sphere of influence.

Mods - please feel free to move to thefts thread, but I thought this was a little different in scope and social impact from a single bike theft. Thanks.

[DerekG]

Wow, what a low life.
How do people like that live with themselves?

[bikinchris]

People like that have no thought for anyone else. They live with themselves because they only think about what they can get or steal.

Where is this fund?

[jamesutiopia]

Awful. Where's the funding link?

[downtube]

here is the link, it was farther down the page.
http://www.gofundme.com/specialolympicsbikefund

[redir]

Some people steal from the elderly and even their own family's too. A lot of desperate people out there probably needed a dope fix. But yeah that's despicable.

[Fishbike]

C'mon guys. Let's right this wrong. Everyone should have the chance to know the joy of riding a bike.

[jamesutiopia]

C'mon guys. Let's right this wrong. Everyone should have the chance to know the joy of riding a bike.

+1, donated. The amount they are raising is less than many of us probably paid for a single bike

[bargainguy]

Well, that's a new one, hauling away 8 tricycles in the booty. I can't imagine the trikes are being shipped elsewhere for stripping or resale, so chances are they will land very close to home, and the thieves may very well be caught.

[Tonger]

Donated - thanks for bringing this up. Best of luck to the athletes.

Tonger

[FastforaSlowGuy]

Thanks for sharing this. My brother has competed in the Special Olympics (in RI) as long as I can remember, and I know it's always a very important experience for him. Every dollar helps.

[Kirk Pacenti]

A smart PR person from giantrekspecializedcannondale would be sending them a 15 new bikes right now...

[FastforaSlowGuy]

I'm not sure who runs the Paceline Twitter account, but maybe we can get this tweeted (is that a word now?) out to the universe?

[Gsinill]

+1

Thanks for sharing!

C'mon guys. Let's right this wrong. Everyone should have the chance to know the joy of riding a bike.

[chengher87]

http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/06/outpouring_of_donations_to_jac.html

To quote Batman:

Let's show them that their city doesn't belong to the criminals and the corrupt!

[jamesutiopia]

Weekend bump. Looks like they're riding in September: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uM_a78O8Ng

[temeyone]

Wow, that is extremely ····ty. Bike thieves already hold a special place on my list of things I abhor, but this is something else entirely.